HEPCon vs CERN Campus
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
HEPCon
This app provides a structured mobile agenda for scientific and professional conferences, connecting to existing systems. Attendees can access program details offline, build personalized schedules, and receive live updates. Organizers can offer a mobile companion without workflow changes.
- Browse full conference program with filtering
- Offline access to abstracts and session details
- Personalized schedule with reminders
- Bookmark talks and export to calendar
- Follow announcements and live updates
- Access venue information and contacts
- Participate in presentation discussions
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HEPCon is a structured mobile agenda platform for scientific and professional conferences. Designed for complex, multi-track events, it connects directly to existing conference systems such as Indico and delivers a reliable, offline-ready program experience for participants. With HEPCon, attendees can: • Browse the full conference program with advanced filtering • Access abstracts and session details offline • Build a personalized schedule with reminders • Bookmark talks and export them to their calendar • Follow announcements and live updates from organizers • Access venue information, sponsors, and key contacts • Participate in discussions around presentations • Discover featured conferences and explore upcoming events Built for large academic and technical conferences, HEPCon scales to events with hundreds or thousands of participants while keeping the experience simple and fast. For organizers, HEPCon provides a ready-to-use mobile agenda companion without requiring changes to existing workflows. Carry your conference with you — online or offline.
CERN Campus
This app serves as an all-in-one resource for the CERN community, simplifying campus life. It provides access to restaurant menus, a comprehensive phone directory, an interactive campus map, and the latest news and events. Users can also discover campus services, receive emergency notifications, and utilize an SOS button.
- Restaurant menus with photos and hours
- CERNphone directory and contact lookup
- Detailed interactive campus map
- Latest CERN news and event updates
- Campus service directory
- Emergency notifications and SOS button
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CERN Campus is the official all-in-one app for the CERN community. It is designed to make your life easier on the campus. • Restaurants daily menus with pictures, opening times and occupancy • Phonebook: find people, who a number belongs to, call on CERNphone • Map: find rooms, offices, and points of interests on the CERN detailed Campus Map • News: read about the latest research and events on the campus • Discover all the campus services, their contact details, and location • Get notified in the case of an emergency on the campus • SOS button to call CERN’s emergency number CERN Campus is brought to you by PocketCampus in collaboration with CERN.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is update cadence: HEPCon at every 4 days against CERN Campus's every 3 weeks. On price, review sentiment, ads and in-app purchases there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
HEPCon ships an update every 4 days, CERN Campus every 3 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 21, 2026 and August 21, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | HEPCon | CERN Campus |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (3 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 50.0% of reviews | 50.0% of reviews |
| Number of ratings | — | 3 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 4 days — better | Every 3 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Free | Free |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 15.0 — better | 16.6 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 115 MB | 34 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Martin Vassilev | PocketCampus Sarl |
Customer experience
HEPCon
CERN Campus
In-app purchases
HEPCon
No in-app purchases
CERN Campus
No in-app purchases









